YEREVAN. – The Prosecutor General's Office of Armenia on Tuesday received a formal request from a number of parents and relatives of servicemen killed during the war unleashed by Azerbaijan in 2020 to recognize these servicemen as victims in the respective criminal case, and this request was granted, Armenian News-NEWS.am has learned from the Prosecutor General's Office.

Also on the same day, the Prosecutor General's Office received a separate formal request to include Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan as a defendant in the criminal case under investigation into the causes of the catastrophic consequences of the 2020 Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) war.

This formal request has been sent to the investigator conducting the respective proceedings—and for consideration in the prescribed manner.